Ask HN: Is my understanding of AI correct?

Until last few years/decades, all computer programs (all work that was done by computers) had two important characteristics: – Humans where making exact rules (algorithms) how computer will make decisions – Everything that computer did, human could do it also

This is my understanding of the significance of current AI, a deeper explanation is at: http://buklijas.info/blog/2017/05/01/how-machines-learn-an-illustrated-guide-to-machine-learning-book-review/

Am I correct or missing something?